As you drive by Bristol Meeting on Market Street in historic Bristol Borough, you can’t help but notice the huge sycamore tree adjacent to the meetinghouse. Fondly known as the Penn sycamore, the tree has been there almost as long as the meetinghouse, and on April 6th, Bristol Friends decided it was time to give it a birthday party!

Buckingham Meeting celebrated the life and support of the trees that will be taken down with the building and renovations of their school this Fall with a tree-hugging ceremony.